research library

noun

1. a general or specialized library that collects materials for use in intensive research projects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of research library¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Across from her waterbed, she has a research library, complete with a swiveling ladder, full of fashion books.

From Los Angeles Times

In response to his request, a box containing manuscripts would be transported to a reserved reading room at the Charles E. Young Research Library of UCLA.

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Indeed, Alsup himself came to that conclusion in the Anthropic case, ruling that use of the downloaded material for AI training was fair use — but he also heard evidence that Anthropic had held on to the downloaded material for other purposes — specifically to build a research library of its own.

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Anthropic also noted in its motion that the plaintiffs in its case didn’t raise the piracy issue themselves — Alsup came up with it on his own, by treating the training of AI bots and the creation of a research library as two separate uses, the former allowed under fair use, the latter disallowed as an infringement.

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USC’s football team is playing in something called the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, while UCLA’s squad is staying home and probably doing steps up and down Young Research Library.

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